Opening Reception: Daisy Quezada Ureña: Quihica

Daisy Quezada Ureña: Quihica
opening reception: Saturday, November 2, 4-6 pm
artist’s talk: Saturday, November 23, 4-5:30 pm
on view: November 2–November 30, 2024

Please join Pie Projects Contemporary Art for the opening of multidisciplinary artist and educator Daisy Quezada Ureña’s solo exhibition Quihica.

Known for works that examine issues of identity, place, immigration, and systemic violence, Quezada Ureña works in the mediums of ceramic, installation art, and artist books informed by her Mexican and American heritage. The themes of gender inequality, labor, and class issues that inform her practice take on a more personal tone in her latest exhibition.

The term ‘quihica,’ from which the exhibit gets its name, stems from German polymath Alexander von Humboldt’s investigation into the customs of the ancient, Indigenous inhabitants of Bogotá, who used the term to refer to victims of ritual sacrifices. The designation meant the deaths of the ritual victims opened a new cycle of 185 moons (approximately 15 years). The term was later used by Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Galeano to refer to the possibilities open to an individual as they transition from this life to the afterlife.